After Xu Damao and Qin Huairu came out of the wide-brimmed hat, Xu Damao asked, "Sister Qin, do you want me to take you home? This place is quite far from home. When can you go home by yourself?"
"No need! Stay away from me!" Qin Huairu was almost mad. She came out to collect a salary, but encountered such a thing. How could she explain to Jia Zhang when she got home?
Looking at the angry Qin Huairu, Xu Damao touched his nose. Feeling that he had escaped a disaster, Xu Damao did not chase her again. After all, this was not a glorious thing, and if he got into trouble again, it would be difficult to end it.
"Why did you come back just now?" Jia Zhang looked at the time and said impatiently, while handing Xiaodang to Qin Huairu. Asking her to take care of the child was really making things difficult for the fat Jia. She had to be happy to take care of Bang Geng. Usually, Jia Zhang ate and slept, or went out to gossip with others.
"It's okay, it just takes some time." Qin Huairu said vaguely. If Jia Zhang knew that she was kidnapped by the man in the wide-brimmed hat because of Xu Damao and Sha Zhu, Jia Zhang would be furious.
"Where's the money? Give it to me quickly!" Jia Zhang didn't think much about what Qin Huairu said. Jia Zhang was still more concerned about money.
"Here, here." Qin Huairu hurriedly held Xiaodang in one hand and took out the money from her pocket and handed it to Jia Zhangshi with the other hand.
"Pah!" After taking the money, Jia Zhang spat some saliva on her hands and began to count the money.
After counting the money several times, Jia Zhang said, "It's not right? This money is not right?"
Qin Huairu was shocked to hear Jia Zhang say this, and she quickly explained to Jia Zhang: "Mom, this is all I was given, and I didn't touch a cent."
"No, the amount of money is wrong. Didn't they say last time that we would give a subsidy of 5 yuan? Adding it to the salary, the number doesn't match!" Jia Zhang stared at Qin Huairu with burning eyes.
But Qin Huairu really didn't take any money from it. No matter how stupid Qin Huairu was, she wouldn't dare to blatantly take the money.
"So what do you think happened?" asked Jia Zhang.
Qin Huairu shook her head, indicating that she didn't know.
"No, let's go to the factory and ask. They are bullying us, an orphan and a widow. How dare they pay us less wages!" Jia Zhang pretended to get up and put on her shoes, ready to go to the steel mill to ask for an explanation.
Qin Huairu quickly stopped Jia Zhang and said, "Mom, why don't we wait for the eldest uncle to come back and ask him? He must know what's going on. If there is really a problem, it will be easier for us to talk with the eldest uncle."
After hearing this, Jia Zhang stopped and thought for a while before reluctantly agreeing. The main reason was that if it weren't for the money, Jia Zhang would not be willing to go to the steel mill. She always felt that there were no good people in the steel mill.
"Okay, then let's wait for Yi Zhonghai to come back and ask him. If I find out that it was you who took it privately, I will never forgive you." Jia Zhang still had some suspicion that Qin Huairu had embezzled part of the money.
Qin Huairu didn't take it seriously. After all, she took back as much as she received from the factory. The factory accountant counted the money in front of her, so there would naturally be no mistakes.
When Jia Zhang thought that the amount of her money was not right, she felt uncomfortable and could not stay in the house anymore. She ran outside to wait for Yi Zhonghai to come back.
After finally seeing Yi Zhonghai coming back, Jia Zhang hurriedly stopped Yi Zhonghai.
"Master Dongxu, I want to ask you something." Jia Zhang looked around mysteriously before asking.
Yi Zhonghai felt like a thief, so he said helplessly: "Sister-in-law, if you have anything to ask, just ask."
"Huairu went with you to collect her salary today, but it was only 19 yuan?" Jia Zhang said in a low voice, fearing that people would know how much his family earned. However, these days the wages in the steel mill are transparent and everyone knows who else.
Yi Zhonghai said in confusion: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"That's not right. Dongxu used to offer 35 yuan! And there's a 5 yuan subsidy from the factory, but now it's only 19 yuan." Jia Zhang said. Even though Jia Zhang doesn't know how to count, he knows a lot about money.
"That's right. Qin Huairu went in as an apprentice. She only got a subsidy of 14 yuan, plus an allowance of 5 yuan, which makes a total of 19 yuan." Yi Zhonghai calmly explained to Jia Zhang the origin of the salary Qin Huairu received.
"What?" Jia Zhang was immediately stunned after hearing Yi Zhonghai's calculation. She had calculated before that if Jia Dongxu was paid 35 yuan in salary and given a subsidy of 5 yuan, that would be 40 yuan a month.
Moreover, Qin Huairu and her two children now have city hukou, so their family must be able to live a life of luxury.
"Uncle, that's not right. Why don't you pay us according to Dongxu's salary?" Jia Zhang asked unwillingly.
"Dongxu was at least a second-level worker in the beginning, so Dongxu got the salary of a second-level worker. Now Qin Huairu has joined the factory and will be an apprentice for three years. During these three years, you can only get 19 yuan." Yi Zhonghai said.
"But this...this...how can our family survive?" When Jia Zhang heard that most of her money was missing, she couldn't bear it.
"Huairu and the two children became city hukou two days ago. Now they have a ration, so they can survive. Just save some food. Everyone does this now." Yi Zhonghai left after saying this. To be honest, if it weren't for retirement, he didn't want to get involved with the Jia family at all. But if he didn't count on Qin Huairu, who else could he count on! Qin Huairu was the only filial person in the courtyard.
"Oh!" Jia Zhang could only return home dejectedly.
"Mom? How is it? The salary, right?" Qin Huairu asked.
"Yes, you get 14 yuan as an apprentice when you go to work, plus that 5 yuan, it's 19 yuan in total." Jia Zhang said weakly.
"Mom, if we save a little, we can still eat." Qin Huairu comforted her.
"Oh!" Jia Zhang responded listlessly and went back to lie down on the kang.
In fact, what Qin Huairu said was right. When Jia Dongxu used to earn 35 yuan as a second-level worker, there were three people in the Jia family at that time and they didn't have any rations. Plus the money for buying food coupons every month, the family was even tighter than it is now.
At least now we don’t have to buy food coupons. The rations and the wages from the factory are enough to support our family.
Qin Huairu glanced at Jia Zhang lying on the kang and could only shake her head slightly. It was her own fault for running into him.
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